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True to Life - Why Truth Matters (Paperback, New Ed)
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True to Life - Why Truth Matters (Paperback, New Ed)
Series: A Bradford Book
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Gold Award Winner for Philosophy in the 2004 ForeWord Magazine Book
of the Year Awards Why does truth matter, when politicians so
easily sidestep it and intellectuals scorn it as irrelevant? Why be
concerned over an abstract idea like truth when something that
isn't true--for example, a report of Iraq's attempting to buy
materials for nuclear weapons--gets the desired result--the
invasion of Iraq? In this engaging and spirited book, Michael Lynch
argues that truth does matter, in both our personal and political
lives. Lynch explains that the growing cynicism over truth stems in
large part from our confusion over what truth is. "We need to think
our way past our confusion and shed our cynicism about the value of
truth," he writes. "Otherwise, we will be unable to act with
integrity, to live authentically, and to speak truth to power."
"True to Life" defends four simple claims: that truth is objective;
that it is good to believe what is true; that truth is a goal
worthy of inquiry; and that truth can be worth caring about for its
own sake--not just because it gets us other things we want. In
defense of these "truisms about truth," Lynch diagnoses the sources
of our cynicism and argues that many contemporary theories of truth
cannot adequately account for its value. He explains why we should
care about truth, arguing that truth and its pursuit are part of
living a happy life, important in our personal relationships and
for our political values.
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